San Jose, CA – U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe
is proud to announce the arrest of Pedro Medina-Castillon, who is wanted to
stand trial in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, for two
counts of homicide. The 31-year-old suspect was arrested Tuesday in
Guadalajara, Mexico, for purposes of extradition to the United States by the
Policia Federal Ministerial assigned to PGR Interpol Mexico, working with
assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service Mexico City Foreign Field Office,
the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and the Department of
Justice’s Office of International Affairs.

It is alleged that in July 2012 in San Jose,
Medina-Castillon forced entry into the home of Maribel and Pedro Jimenez.
While their three children looked on, Medina-Castillon allegedly shot and
killed Pedro Jimenez, then went to the master bedroom and shot and killed
Maribel Jimenez while she attempted to call 911. Investigators believe
Medina-Castillon then fled to Los Angeles and eventually on to Mexico.

Due to a relentless investigation conducted by
the San Jose Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service Deputies in San
Jose, and with the assistance of the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s
Office and the DOJ Office of International Affairs, Pedro Medina-Castillon
was taken into custody on the basis of a Provisional Arrest Warrant, which
seeks his extradition to the United States.

Other U.S. Marshals Service entities involved in
the U.S. Marshals portion of the investigation include the Investigative
Operations Division, International Investigations Branch and the Technical
Operations Group.

The U.S. Marshals Service is the primary federal
agency charged with conducting fugitive investigations throughout the United
States. The U.S. Marshals Service regularly works in concert with other
federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to seek out and arrest
violent fugitives and sex offenders, and has established task forces
throughout the nation to facilitate the apprehension of fugitives.